Combat Maid Harem

670 A Misfortune Turned Fortune

Lawrend spent the whole day releasing his stress within Valentina. Both of them returned to his physical body after.

Valentina was fully satisfied. As for Lawrend, his soul was still the same. Having sex with her as souls didn't give him any benefit. They simply felt greater pleasure from each other.

"I need to recover now."

Lawrend became an Arch Mage in all of his soul magics after he split his soul in half. It cost him a lot of mana to split his soul. The difference between a Grand Mage and an Arch Mage wasn't simple as twice. If he truly halved his mana, he should at least be equivalent to a new Grand Mage.

Unfortunately, there were a lot of losses during the process. It was all part of the procedure.

A whole month quickly passed by.

During this time, Lawrend absorbed a crazy amount of mana. He opened his windows as much as possible to let the mana easily enter his room from outside.

The curtains and such inside his room flapped and shook crazily because of the powerful winds of mana funneling into Lawrend's body.

He was glad he didn't become an Earth Mage yet. It would have been a huge pain for him to recover that huge amount of mana.

This whole event might seem like a misfortune for Lawrend, but it wasn't. He was able to pack his mana more tightly into his soul. He was able to change some things to increase the efficiency of his magic.

"Finally. I'm at the cusp of becoming an Earth Mage again," Lawrend muttered to himself.

"Congratulations, Master. That was scary. If I didn't hide, you would've absorbed my plant mana too," Valentina said as she appeared inside his mind.

"I'm sorry. Hahaha! It feels good to be back at this level," Lawrend replied.

He opened his eyes and stood up from the bed.

"Greetings, Master."

Aezel greeted him as soon as he left the room. She had been waiting for him to come out.

"How are they?" Lawrend asked.

"They are doing fine, Master. Some of them became True Mages already," Aezel replied.

"That's quite fast."

"Fufufu. They are your children, after all."

"Anyways, I need to check on Niko Alka. A few months ago, he was almost a Grand Mage. It should be time for him to become one now."

"I will escort you, Master."

Lawrend nodded his head.

The two of them turned into two arcs of golden lightning. They left the castle and created a scene as they caught everyone's attention outside. It was unusual for two golden lightning to appear, after all.

They appeared on top of the army's encampment and flew down.

"Your Imperial Majesty!" a mage soldier noticed Lawrend and shouted.

"Your Imperial Majesty!!" the other mage soldiers chimed back after realizing that Lawrend had arrived.

"Greetings, Emperor," Gregory said and bowed as he flew out from his tent.

"Where is Niko?" Lawrend asked as he landed on the ground.

"He's inside reading books about Lightning Magic," Gregory answered.

"Take me to him."

They entered one of the wooden buildings set up and found Niko sitting at a dining table while absorbed in reading a book in front of him. He had a small notepad with him and he took notes once in a while.

"Niko, how is your magic?" Lawrend asked.

"Hm?"

Niko got off his focus and looked behind him.

"AHH! Emperor!" Niko screamed in panic.

He stood up from his chair and bowed to Lawrend.

"Stand straight. I can see that you're only missing one more part to become a Grand Mage. Come with me outside, I will help you," Lawrend said and turned around to leave.

Gregory smiled at Niko and hastily urged him to follow behind Lawrend. He knew that this was Niko's chance to finally become a Grand Mage. Niko realized what was going on and nodded his head at Gregory.

They arrived at the center of the camp and Lawrend motioned for Niko to meditate at the center.

"I want every one of you to watch as your new Commander becomes a Grand Mage," Lawrend said.

This was a big deal for the whole Imperial Army. In the past two years, all of the ones that Lawrend trained had become Arch Mages. Their Imperial Army Formation could already go head to head with an Earth Mage if they were given the chance.

That was something unheard of before in history. It was usually the other way around with the powerful mages easily stomping on weaker mages.

Before, they could only use their formation when Lawrend ordered it to at a perfect chance. This time, they could protect themselves from harm.

Many of the mage soldiers were close to Niko. They excitedly watched from the sidelines. Some of them even flew up to watch.

"The difference between an Arch Mage and a Grand Mage is huge. Without realizing what that is, it will be impossible for one to become a Grand Mage. This is the main reason why there are so few Grand Mages out there," Lawrend spoke behind Niko.

Niko focused on listening to Lawrend's words. The audience listened carefully as it might help them in the future. A lot of them were Arch Mages, after all.

Gregory nodded his head in enlightenment. These words were something he never thought of. He only instinctively knew the difference between an Arch Mage and a Grand Mage.

"For all the mages who are an Arch Mage and below, they mainly focus on increasing the purity of their mana. To become a Grand Mage, they need to focus on another aspect of magic. Do you know what it is, Niko?" Lawrend stopped to ask.

"The power of their mana?" Niko asked, doubtful about his own answer.

"Close but not quite." Lawrend shook his head.

"The books I've read mentioned that but it's all very vague," Niko replied.

"I'm afraid this knowledge is something only Heaven Mages could understand," Lawrend replied and smiled.

He continued and opened his mouth, he waited for a few more seconds before saying…